Legal Opinion
Bluth v. Blake
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 11, 2013No. 4D12-466PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGerber, J.
The appellant, an attorney who was sued in the trial court for legal malpractice, appeals the trial court’s order granting a motion for additur and subsequent motion for new trial on damages in favor of appel-lees Robert K. Blake, Jr. and Blake Development Corporation (“the developers”). The attorney argues that the trial court erred as a matter of law in granting the additur and, therefore, erred as a matter of law in granting the new trial. We agree with the attorney and reverse.
According to the developers’ suit, the attorney jointly represented the developers and investors James F. Ellis…
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